Leather-stretching hook.



No. 747,430. PATENT-ED 1330.22, 1903.

, J. HURLEY.

LEATHER STRETGHING HOOK.

APPLICATION FILED OCT-12. 1903.

no MODEL.

WITNESSES War ff ATTORNEYS UNITED STATES Patented December 22, 1903.

JOHN HURLEY, OF LITTLEFALLS, NEW YORK.

LEATHER-STRETCHING HOOK.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N 0. 747,430, datedDecember 22, 1903.

Application filed October 12, 1903. Serial No. 176,600. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, JOHN HURLEY, a citizen of the United States,residing at Littlefalls, in the county of Herkimer and State of NewYork, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inLeather-Stretching Hooks,

of which the following is a specification, such as will enable thoseskilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

The object of this invention is to provide an improved hook or hockelfor use in stretching leather from which it is desired to make belts andother articles; and with this and other objects in view the inventionconsists in a device of the class specified constructed as hereinafterdescribed and claimed.

The invention is fully disclosed in the following specification, ofwhich the accompanying drawings form a part, in which the separate partsof my improvement are designated by suitable reference characters ineach of the views, and in which- Figure l is a perspective view of aleatherstretching hook made according to my invention; Fig. 2, a bottomplan view of a part of a frame and showing the method of using myimproved leather-stretching hook; Fig. 3, a detail view showing themethod of connecting one of my hooks with a sheet of leather,

and Fig. 4 a section on the line 4 4 of Fig. 2 and showing a slightmodification in the form of the hook.

In the practice of my invention I provide a hook or hockel for'thepurpose specified which comprises a transverse fiat bar a, provided atone side and centrally thereof with a projecting arm a and on theopposite side and at right angles to said arm with a longitudinal hookmember a which is fiat and parallel with and extends over the bar a andis wider than the arm a In Figs. 2 and 3 of the drawings I have shown atb a part of a sheet of leather which it is desired to stretch, and inpractice I form adjacent to one edge thereof a slot oropening 12parallel with said edge and through which the arm a is adapted to bepassed. In connecting the hook or books with the leather the arm a ispassed clear through the slot or opening b ,and the edge of the leatheris folded over, as shown at b in Fig. 2, so that the free edge or foldis caught in the book a in the manner shown in Fig. 2.

In the form of construction shown in Fig. 1 the arm a is provided withan opening at a, through which a cord or similar device 0 is passed andsecured in any desired manner,

and in practice a suitable frame (1 is provided,

and to this frame is secured a plurality of winches or similar devices6, around which the cords c are passed. Any suitable style or form offrame may be provided, and the sheet I) of leather is placed thereon orthereover, and the hooks a, any desired number of which may be employed,are connected with the leather, as described, and sufficient power isapplied to the cords c to stretch the leather to any desired extent. Theends a of the cross-bar a of the hook or hockel when the device isconnected with the leather, as shown and described, catch in or operatein the fold of the leather at b on both sides of the slot or opening 13and this prevents the hook or hockel from tearing out, and these ends amay be made of any desired length.

Instead of forming the hole at a in the arm a by means of which the cord0 or other flexible device may be connected therewith,'I may providesaid arm with a book, as shown at a in Fig. 4, and the cord or otherdevice may be connected with said book.

My improved hook or hockel may be stamped from heavy sheet-steel, or itmay be cast or formed in any other desired manner.

Having fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

A leather-stretching hockel comprising a flat bar provided at one edgeand centrally thereof and at right angles thereto with a projecting arm,and at the opposite edge with an elongated hook at right angles to saidarm and which extends over said bar and is flat and parallel therewith,substantially as shown and described. 1

Intestimony that I claim the foregoing as my inventionl have signed myname, in presence of the subscribing witnesses, this 7th RICHARD HURLEY,GEORGE T. CHESTER.

